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the money for them, did you not?

A. I think not.

Q. 171 Did not the defendant, on or about
the first day of January, 1873, remit
you a check on the Bank of California
for the payment of these vessels?

A. I do not recollect it. I think they
were paid for.

Q. 172 Do you know the fact that these vessels
were paid for?

A. I think they were.

Q. 173 [Letter shown witness.] Do you recollect
receiving a letter of which that is a copy?

A. I do not recollect it.

Exhibit "E." [The copy of letter above referred to is
place in evidence, marked Exhibit "E."
Letter dated San Francisco, February 2, 1871.]

Q. 174 [A letter shown to witness, dated July
12, 1872, purporting to be a copy of a letter
written by the defendant to the witness;
and also a letter signed "E. H. Miller, Jr.,
Secretary," addressed to the defendant,
Exhibit "F" dated July 13, 1872. Put in evidence and
marked, respectively Exhibit "F, 1," and
Exhibit "F, 2."] Look at those two
documents and state whether you remem=
=ber every having received such a letter
as that ["F, 1"] from the defendant, and

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